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Paige Bueckers, senior, sizes up two Ponies defenders in the first half of the Royals 66-40 state semifinals victory over Stillwater. Bueckers finished the game with 15 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists

Girls basketball defeat Stillwater in state semifinals, advance to state title game

Mason Arneson, Editor At-Large

In a 24-hour period in which coronavirus uncertainty reigned supreme with all three major sports leagues in North America being suspended indefinitely, sports, as it has done so many times before, provided...

Royals take down Cambridge-Isanti in opening round of girls basketball state

Mason Arneson, Editor At-Large

Sophomore forward Maya Nnaji scored an easy lay-in about ten seconds into Hopkins’ opening game of the 2020 MSHSL girls state basketball tournament and the team never looked back, holding onto the lead...

Paige Bueckers, alumni, walks up the court in the 2019 state championship game.

Bueckers awarded Gatorade Player of the Year

Olivia Cohen, Editor in-Chief
Paige Bueckers, senior and the No. 1 women’s basketball recruits of 2020, has won the Gatorade Player of the Year Award. 
Taylor Woodson, freshman, shoots the first of her two free throws. Woodson started the contest and finished with eight points.

Hopkins girls basketball punches state tournament ticket in thrilling victory over Wayzata

Mason Arneson, Editor At-Large

The Lindbergh Center featured all of the pageantry that one would expect from a matchup between Hopkins Royals and Wayzata Trojans for the Section 6AAAA final, where Hopkins prevailed by a score of 86-76.  The...

Star wrestler Chakolis scores state championship crown

Charlie Nirenstein, Staff Reporter
All season long the Hopkins wrestling matts have been dominated by one wrestler, junior RJ Chakolis. So much so he can count on one hand the number of times he has been taken down this year. This isn’t an unfamiliar site for Chakolis or the Hopkins wrestling team. 
Dominic Valentini, junior skates around his net with the puck. Valentini has proven to be a offensive threat on the Hopkins boys varsity team.

Player Profile: Dominic Valentini

Charlie Nirenstein, Staff Reporter
Enter the chilly Hopkins Pavilion and you’ll find a workhorse in Dominic Valentini, junior, skating around on the rink. The season may be over for the boys hockey team but that doesn’t mean the work is. 
Andre Gray, junior, attempts a three pointer in a game against Edina. Gray and the Royals are currently ranked fifth in state.

Boys basketball growing as final stretch approaches

Ryan Baker, Staff Reporter
The Hopkins Boys Basketball team started out the 2019-20 season in an underwhelming fashion. Starting out the season with a 1-2 record was something that most people didn’t anticipate. 

Hopkins/Park hockey wraps up 2019-20 campaign

Mason Arneson, Editor at-Large
The Hopkins Park girls hockey season came to a close the way that many did not want it to, with a 9-0 loss in the first round of sections play against the Blake Bears on Saturday, Feb. 8.
Regan Merritt, senior, prepares for a free throw attempt against Buffalo. The Royals have a tough schedule ahead of them, facing off with Eden Prairie and Wayzata.

Walton powers Royals to weekend sweep

Mason Arneson, Editor at-Large
With sections rapidly approaching and a seismic showdown against Eden Prairie coming up this week, the Hopkins Royals boys basketball team (16-4, 6-1 Lake Conference) continued to build momentum after a rocky start to the calendar year this past weekend.
HRDT performing their routine at Wayzata High School. Unfortunately, the Royelles did not make state.

HRDT wraps up 2019-2020 season

Lindsey Sperling, Sports Editor
When the new month of February started, unfortunately, the Hopkins Royelles season ended. 
Paige Bueckers, senior, on the cover of SLAM magazine. Bueckers is the number one ranked player in the nation.

Basketball star Bueckers graces cover of SLAM magazine

Ryan Baker, Staff Reporter
Being a state champion, a McDonald’s All-American, USAB Female Athlete of the Year, and a commit to UConn all in Paige Bueckers’, senior, trophy case, she will add appearing on the cover of SLAM magazine. 
A father, a daughter and basketball excellence. The Cosgriff family has the taken Minnesota basketball world by storm

Royal family takes one last regal ride

Mason Arneson, Editor At-Large
In what looks like a mundane storage room beside the cardio room most students remember for the 10th grade heart monitor tests, sits a veritable shrine to the greats who have donned and will don the blue and white of Hopkins girls basketball.
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